Politics & Government

MD State Senate Hears Testimony On Physician-Assisted Suicide

On Tuesday, the state Senate heard testimony on a bill that would let terminally ill patients take their own lives with lethal drugs.

By Max Marcilla and Maryam Shahzad, Capital News Service

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland — The Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee on Tuesday heard testimony on legislation that would allow physicians assisted suicide under certain conditions. The bill faced a hearing in a House committee last week.


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